The Pulse

“Have you registered for the My Health Record program?”

My Health Record – what is it? Through the My Health Record system GPs across the country can access information about your medical history, including discharge summaries, shared health summaries, event summaries, MBS and PBS history, specialist letters, medication prescriptions and dispense records. It’s a fast and acurate way to share important information about your medical conditions, medicines, allergies/advers reactions and immunisations. The benefits of having a My Health Record enables patients who may have to see a GP after hours, or may be holidaying or visiting from another area and if required their full record is available without having to remember your entire medical history.

You do not have to put all your medical information in this record. You will automatically have an empty record generated by the Australian Government by October 2018 unless you contact the Government to opt out. Contact can be made online www.myhealthrecord.gov.au/for-you-your-family/opt-out-my-health-record or by telephone on 1800 723 471. If you would like further information about this program please go to www.digitalhealth.gov.au.

Optimising male fertility

Preparing for pregnancy isn’t just something for the girls. Fertility problems are equally likely to occur in men as women. The good news is that there are a number of things that men can do to improve fertility and increase the chances of conceiving a healthy baby…. Continued

Pain relief during labour

Labour and childbirth is usually a painful experience and it is difficult to know how a woman might respond. Knowing all of the options available for pain relief will help you to decide what is best for you.
You may prefer to avoid drugs and other medical interventions or be happy to consider all available options. Include your wishes in your birth plan, but its best to keep an open mind, especially if you are having your first baby…. Continued

The facts about intermittent fasting

What is Intermittent Fasting? Intermittent fasting refers to fasting for certain periods of time during the day or week. This could be true fasting (consuming nothing but water) or consuming significantly less energy (calories) than usual during the fasting periods. There are three main types of fasting: Types of fasting Periodic fasting: fasting or eating

Lowering Blood Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a fatty substance which our body makes naturally and is found in some foods. It is carried around the body in our bloodstream by lipoproteins. The two main lipoproteins are low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HD… Continued

Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome, also called syndrome X, is a collection of risk factors which together increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. It is estimated that 20-30% of Australian adults are affected. Risk Factors Metabolic syndrome is diagnosed when you have three or more of the following risk factors: Excess weight around